Manga like Mukahi Usagidou Nikki

Mononobe Koshoten Kaikitan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Shoutaro is a man of few words. He manages an old book store called Mononobe Koshoten and has an admirable young boy named Shiro helping out in store as he spends his days reading. But behind this, Shoutaro has another job; the collection of some rather unpleasant old books...

Tags: Historical , Demons , Episodic , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Gore

Ubume no Natsu

Also known as The Summer of the Ubume.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Manga adaptation of the first novel in Kyougoku Natsuhiko's award-winning Kyougokudou Series.

Tokyo, 1952: The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time exorcist who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets... Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Detective , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Drugs

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.



Tags: Adoption , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Episodic , Rural , Shoujo , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Orphan , School , Exorcism , Gender Bending

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Travel , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Seinen , Rural , Mythology , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Wagaya wa Kakuriyo no Kashi Honya-san

Also known as The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Ever since she was three years old, Kaori has lived in a bookstore where the boundaries between the mortal realm and the spirit realm are blurred. Her adoptive father, who lives with her in this magical space, is a spirit himself. One day, Kaori comes across a bleeding young man who has stumbled into the spirit realm just as she did when she was a small child. Though the young man is an exorcist who has vowed revenge against all spirits, Kaori decides to embrace kindness and help him find his way back home.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Exorcism